Ubuntu.com kicks the community to web page footer

[SteveRiley]

Here we go again.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-we...t/+bug/1172422

My $0.02 in comment #22.

[HalationEffect]

I wonder if Jono realises that his reply to your comment (after conceding that people aren't rational) semantically boils down to: "I'm not interested in having a discussion with people".

[kubicle]

Doesn't surprise me.

For Canonical, "community" == "free labor"

And for a "Community Manager" who wrote a book on community management (no, that's not "recommended reading"...unless you wish to get a headache), Jono knows remarkably little about either community or management.

[Qqmike]

And that is why people write books--to try to figure things out for themselves. Some succeed, some fail. Another infamous example is psychologists who go into the business to figure themselves out; many begin by writing their first self-help book. Tell-tale profiles in human behavior.

[SteveRiley]

See my comment #27. Ah, I'm in a feisty mood today

One of these is not like the other:



(bigger version)

[HalationEffect]

I feel like sending a telegram to Canonical... it would go something like this:

"Dear corporate overlords STOP
Please please please STOP"

(Waits to get sued for plagiarism by Rowan Atkinson)

[SteveRiley]

(Waits to get sued for plagiarism by Rowan Atkinson)

First time I read your reply, my brain substituted "Williams" for "Atkinson." I can't explain why, but I think that's really rather funny

[HalationEffect]

First time I read your reply, my brain substituted "Williams" for "Atkinson." I can't explain why, but I think that's really rather funny

LOL!

I must admit to a grudging respect for Rowan WIlliams - he defeated Richard Dawkins in a debate held at Cambridge University a couple of months back... no mean feat, that.

[Teunis]

A neat compilation with a dark message for those having invested in the once Ubuntu community...
But hey, it's Open Source and such a contribution can never be taken away.

Ubuntu was, and in my opinion is, a significant step-up for the ease of installation for not only Debian-derived systems, other Linux distro's have followed their early example.
Would another distro step forward to become a new shining light in OS land nothing stops us from taking part in it.
Ubuntu had and has it's use, at worst it destroys itself, until then I continue to enjoy Kubuntu and this forum.

[SteveRiley]

In case you guys haven't been following the bug report, I would recommend that you take a look. The conversation has really become quite a spectacle. The excuse-mongering is borderline astonishing.

[Teunis]

Ah so it was from the onset planned to bring the link back once the new community site was up to spec yet it was labelled as wontfix.
Yeah right!